Lawyers who speak more than one language are at an advantage in the job search, according to a survey by Robert Half Legal. Thirty-six percent of the 300 attorneys polled say they are seeing an increased need for counsel who are multilingual. Spanish and Chinese are the languages in greatest demand. The respondents are lawyers at the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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The Chicago Tribune has uncovered a “jobs-for-entry” scandal at the University of Illinois College of Law, in which the law school admitted politically-connected applicants, some unqualified, in exchange for guarantees of jobs for law graduates. In one example, recorded in emails obtained by the paper, University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman coerced the law school in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
Last week we reported that Los Angeles’ American Discovery is hiring 100 attorneys for its document review offices in the US and the Philippines. Now DiscoverReady is ramping up a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and hiring 100 lawyers. The firm analyzes e-mails and electronic documents for law firms and corporate legal departments. They have already [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
Blank Rome hired former Hodgson Russ partner Jeffrey Rinde, and former Wolf Block partner Bruce Lesser, last month. Rinde advises Chinese and US companies financial and corporate law. Lesser co-chaired Wolf Block’s banking & financial services group. A group of three Wolf Block refugees also landed at Blank Rome in April. Blank Rome LLP is the 84th largest law [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 21, 2009
K&L Gates has hired David Bernstein and Tedd Van Buskirk. Bernstein, formerly of Clifford Chance, handled transaction and securities law matters. Previously, he chaired Rogers & Wells’ corporate law practice. Van Buskirk, a partner at Hogan & Harton, handled pharmaceutical, software, electronics, and medical device patent litigation. K&L Gates LLP is a US law firm with over 1700 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Boston’s Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has opened its first California office. Edwards Angell, which has 10 US offices, one in the UK, and an affiliated office in Hong Kong, is opening an office in Newport Beach. The firm opened the office to accommodate a specific client. They intend to add more clients in Southern California. Jon-Paul LaPointe, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
According to Robert Half Legal, one quarter of lawyers surveyed believe their firm will hire in the next 12 months, most likely in bankruptcy and litigation. The survey questioned 300 attorneys at law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada. About 65% said that staffing levels would not change, and 10% said their organizations [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Former Department of Homeland Security secretary and federal appellate court judge Michael Chertoff is joining Covington & Burling’s white-collar defense and investigations practice group in Washington, DC. Chertoff will be counseling clients in government, regulatory, and internal investigations. The 55-year-old Chertoff was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security, under George W. Bush, and a co-author [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Over five years, London firms’ hiring of lateral partners has almost doubled, from 42 hires in 2004 to 79 in 2008. The data come from a Legal Week study tracking hiring at 33 US and UK firms’ London offices. Orrick, Weil Gotshal, Arnold & Porter, Cleary Gottlieb, Cravath, and Skadden all brought on laterals. On the other hand, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
York, UK’s Minster Law is recruiting 150 people for its two offices in York and Wakefield. CEO Matthew Briggs hopes to bring 40 jobs to York before Summer. The firm is the UK’s largest road traffic accident injury and loss recovery company. It recently shifted emphasis from business law to employment law, following an increase in redundancy [...]
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